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I'm standing in my brother's driveway with all the underhood AC blower motor screws removed, but can't seem to get enough room to wiggle the motor out. Short of starting to remove all components on the rear of the engine, is there a minimum number of items I need to remove?

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I was just checking tech tips on this subject...I have a 97 SLS and so far, the blower is good. I did find this link that discusses changing blowers for Devilles, which might be similar to Sevilles. It's not easy and sounds like the engine needs to be rotated a bit with a turnbuckle. Here's the link if you want to follow what has been written about it:http://www.cadillacforums.com/forums/cadillac-tech-tips/46611-97-deville-blower-motor.html
Good luck...if someone has specifics on Seville blower change-outs, I will keep it for future reference too.

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Our initial idea was to attach a cable between a nearby palm tree and the engine and to push the car back to rock the engine - we killed that idea pretty quick. We decided to take stuff apart and see how much room we had. We took the three screws out of the back of the blower motor and the old one fell apart allowing us to pull the pieces out. We removed the strut crossbar, engine cover (had to grab one of the posts with a pair of pliers as it spun out), MAP sensor, a couple electric connectors, the closest spark plug boot, disconnected the harness mounting clips and pushed the whole thing below the blower motor. There was a sheet metal clip bolted to the valve cover that got in the way as well. The advice about rotating the blower motor with the flat spot helped and we were able to pursuade it in with a little pressure on an angle with the rear of the motor pointing to the driver's headlight and the squirrel cage pointing towards the passenger rear tire (more or less).

We read another post about how to deal with the crumbling fan housing and used a metallic high heat tape to re-create the housing - thanks to everyone. I'm usually over on the CTS forum and turned my brother onto this forum - you guys rock!

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Thanks SLS GOLD...good stuff...your factory manual doesn't describe moving the or rotating engine (at least for the Seville). I saved this in my files in case the blower on mine ever goes out. Have you considered posting this in Tech Tips (specifically for Sevilles)?

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